McKee's Media Aug. 14, 2019

ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO  TENANT ADVOCATES   (excerpted)  : Amy Plitt: Ten NYC tenants' rights your landlord  doesn't want you to know (Curbed NY) DEVELOPERS THE CITY: Doubts grow that Atlantic Yards/Pacific  Park developer can deliver promised affordable  housing by deadline BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT IN NYS Joe Mahoney: Lax building code enforcement a  problem throughout New York State (Lockport  Union-Sun & Journal) LANDLORDS' SUIT AGAINST NEW RENT  LAWS Inside City Hall: Errol Louis interviews landlord  rep & lawyer suing to overturn New York's rent  regulation laws (New York 1) (VIDEO) LANDLORD TAX BREAK SCAMS Kathryn Brenzel: Another HRI investigation:  Crown Heights landlord sued for violating  421-a rules, overcharging tenants (The  Real Deal) Rachel Holliday Smith: After Court of Appeals  ruling in 421-g case, 6,000 tenants in lower  Manhattan might be owed back rent (THE CITY) INWOOD REZONING Patch: Inwood rezoning opponents take fight  to court SUPPORTIVE HOUSING Joaquin Sapien: The long history of how adult  homes have failed both New Yorkers with mental  illness & the elderly, & how NYS has failed to  correct the problem (ProPublica)  AIR BnB, HOSTELS The Real Deal: Airbnb sues Palm Beach County  -- again Katie Honan: City Council weighs bill to legalize  hostels (Wall Street Journal) ALBANY Zach Williams: Three men in a room used to  rule Albany with an iron fist. Andrea Stewart- Cousins & Carl Heastie are trying something  different (City & State) Zach Williams interviews Andrea Stewart- Cousins about her leadership style & the  demise of "three men in a room" (City & State) David Lombardo: JCOPE promotes new online  search feature to enhance tracking of lobbying  activities (Capitol Confidential) Albany Times Union: A slew of new state laws HUD POLICIES AND FAIR HOUSING LAW The Real Deal: HUD Secretary Ben Carson  dismisses concerns that federal opportunity  zones will only benefit the rich: "Rich people  are going to get richer anyway" Thomas Silversetein: HUD Secretary Carson  drafting "disparate impact" change that would  gut Fair Housing Act (Newsweek OpEd)  LEAD IN PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS Chalkbeat: Questions about de Blasio's pledge  to eliminate lead paint in public school buildings  by 2029  MISCELLANEOUS Gwynne Hogan: Meet the ultra-rich New Yorkers  who are funding Donald Trump's re-election  campaign (Gothamist) Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Copyright © 2019 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.

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